Coaching GROW Questions

Goal

  • What do you want to achieve?

  • What do you want to get out of the conversation?

  • Why is that important to you?

  • How challenging is that goal?

  • What are the intermediate steps to achieving this goal?

  • What would you like to be happening that is not happening now?

  • If I could grant you a wish for this situation, what would it be?

  • Will that be of real value to you?

Reality

  • What is happening at the moment?

  • What is your experience of this or a similar type of task/situation?

  • How do you know this is accurate?

  • When does this happen?

  • How often does this happen?

  • What have you tried so far?

Options

  • What could you do?

  • What options do you have?

  • What else could you do?

  • What if you had ... unlimited budget? Lots of people? A magic wand? Access to world experts?

  • Anything else?

  • Which options are likely to give you most satisfaction?

  • Would you like a suggestion?

Will / Wrap up

  • What will you do? What are the next steps?

  • How will these actions meet your original needs?

  • What support do you need?

  • What might you do to sabotage this plan?

  • What are the consequences of success or failure?

  • On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you of reaching your goal?

  • How clear are you?

  • How enthusiastic are you?

  • How willing are you?